The Renacimiento Movement

Renacimiento Manila is a group of artists, creators and history enthusiasts committed to heritage advocacy, with particular interest on Manila’s built heritage. As such, the purpose of Renacimiento Manila is to produce art to promote and realize Manila’s cultural rebirth and for it to materialize its core philosophy, the Renacimiento Movement.

The Renacimiento Movement

What, then, is the Renacimiento Movement? The movement is the core philosophy of the organization. It is founded on the reality that heritage is a cornerstone of holistic development and that it is indispensable in ensuring quality of life. As such, cultural revival is necessary for the promotion of heritage in the national agenda. Heritage should be driven by the people, regardless of race, gender, creed, or religion. This cultural revival can be achieved through the following ways: government support, the advancement of private initiatives, and the engagement of the people.

The Vision: A Better Manila

At the end of the day, the vision for this movement is a progressive and livable City of Manila driven by heritage, and its cultural rebirth as the Pearl of the Orient.  

Our Mission: Create, Promote, and Partner

For this end, the Renacimiento Manila undertakes the following missions: (a) Create art that will promote public attention, interest, awareness, and support for heritage conservation, including reconstruction, so that the government and other people managing heritage will act toward this end; (b) To proactively promote, advocate, and lobby for the realization of heritage conservation, and whenever necessary, reconstruction, in Manila that is timely and meaningful; and (c) To partner with other initiatives with similar aspirations.